Plow attachment



(No Model.)

S. A. STIENBARGER.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

No. 350,085. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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SHELDO) A. STIENBARGER, OF AUGUSTA, ILLINOIS;

PLOW ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3:0,085, dated September 28, 1886.

Serial No. 192,288. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHELDON A. S'rmrt BARGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Plow Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in plow attachments by which the ground is harrowed at the same time the plowing is done.

The object of my invention is to provide a mold-board extension and adjustable harrow for wheel and other plows. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the arconr panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the effective part of a plow with my invention attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line a: 00.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The beam B is secured to the back side of extends across the furrow just turned in a substantially oblique direction, so as not to interfere with the moving earth. Secured to the front side of the beam B is a mold-board extension and barrow-head, H, which also eX- tends ac oss the fresh furrow, in substantially the same direction as the beam B, being secured thereto by the bolts 6 e, and being provided along its lower edge with the back wardly- The upper ends of these inclined teeth T T.

teeth are provided with a rearwardly-projeeting arm or lug, which passes through holes in the lower portion of the plate H and secures the teeth at any angle by means of nuts secured upon them, a small portion of each tooth being above the lug to cause the tooth to be drawn tightly against the plate. Said barrow-head H is provided with extra bolt-holes ii i i, so as to admit of its being vertically adjustable to suit the different depths of plowing.

I am aware that prior to my invention unlike attachments have been secured to the moldboards of plows in similar manner to my own. I therefore do not broadly claim such a combination.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the mold-board of a plow, of a laterally-extending beam secured thereto, a plate having a vertical series of holes at each end. and a series of rearwardly-extending teeth secured to the lower edge of said plate, each tooth being provided with a rearwardlyextending lug or arm near its top, a small portion of each tooth extending above said lug or arm, and a nut upon the end of each of said arms.

SHELDON A. STIENBARGER.

\Vitnesses:

ANNA STIENBARGER, BURK BURGESS. 

